Shook Lin & Bok LLP

Competition & Antitrust; Corporate Governance; Energy & Natural Resources; Media & Entertainment; Mergers & Acquisitions; Technology, Media & Telecommunications

Co-Managing Partner, Head of Corporate and M&A

David Chong specialises in corporate and corporate finance, with particular experience in the communications, media, technology, energy and natural resources sectors. He has particular experience in cross-border transactions, having started his career in London before relocating to Asia.

His principal focus is on mergers and acquisitions (both public and private), including tender offers, schemes, reverse takeovers, privatisations and delistings, joint ventures, MBOs, earn-outs, asset purchases, restructurings, antitrust and merger control.

He is a governor of the Singapore International Foundation, a director of Hotung Investment Holdings Ltd (SGX:BLS) and a member of the Catholic High School Management Committee.

He was also awarded the Public Service Medal (Pingat Bakti Masyarakat) by the President of the Republic of Singapore in 2022.

English, Chinese (Mandarin)

Solicitor, England & Wales, 2003
Advocate & Solicitor, Singapore, 1999
BA (Hons), Cambridge University, 1997